Opinion
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March 20, 9:00 pm
Editorial cartoon
Opinion
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March 15, 9:00 pm
Gender equality needs dialogue
This past weekend I saw “The Vagina Monologues.” Yes, I, David Keyes, saw “The Vagina Monologues.” After the show, I started thinking about women ““ and monologues, naturally. Read more...
Opinion
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March 15, 9:00 pm
Editorial cartoon
Opinion
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March 15, 9:00 pm
Letters to the editor
Pro-Palestinian group harmful, not peaceful In her column “Ideals of democracy must be saved” (March 14), Noor Hashem declares that the International Solidarity Movement, a radical group claiming to aid the Palestinian cause, is “controversial for (its) practice of physically blocking the destruction of the Palestinian homes, wells and olive groves.” Is this the real reason this so-called “activist” group is controversial? Read more...
Opinion
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March 15, 9:00 pm
Passionate students can influence USAC
In the only truly legitimate “Matrix” flick, Morpheus gave us a choice. We could take the blue pill, which allowed us to bide our time, oblivious to the struggle around us. Read more...
Opinion
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March 13, 9:00 pm
Ideals of democracy must be saved
Democracy is dying at the hands of democratic countries. But it is essential that I clarify what I mean by democracy. My favorite pirate put it most eloquently when he said, in Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “It’s not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails ““ that’s what a ship needs ““ but what a ship is … is freedom.” In the same way, in my mind, democracy is not the bureaucracy and the administration and the media and other institutions ““ that’s what democracy needs ““ but what democracy is, is the culmination of ideals it sets out to realize. Read more...